Advanced Internet Investigations

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how search engines work and how to utilise them more effectively.
• Understand how to construct efficient and focused searches using advanced search techniques to identify people, objects, locations and events relevant to investigations.
• Have an awareness of the differences between popular search engines.
• Be able to recognise the advantages and disadvantages of using meta search engines and other utilities.
• Understand how foreign language search engines can be utilised to identify information globally for investigations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to search for and examine digital images effectively online.
• Understand how to search for and examine digital video effectively online.
• Understand how to search for and examine documents effectively online.
• Have an awareness of verification methods for pictures, video and documents.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to check security and verify a website.
• Have an understanding of methods to identify a website owner.
• Be able to examine historic website material and hidden data.
• Learn how to record website material and monitor websites.
• Review of useful websites for online investigations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to build an investigation profile for social media use.
• Understand how to locate social media accounts of your subject.
• Have an awareness of current social media sites.
• Understand how to obtain actionable intelligence from the main social media platforms.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what the Dark Web is.
• Understand the reasons why you might go there for investigation purposes.
• Understand how to access the Dark Web in a safe manner.
• Have an awareness of how to find websites on the Dark Web.
• Understand how to record material on the Dark Web.